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guration data for their desktop in .kde or .kde4 respectively, GNOME users
find it in .gconf.
NOTE: Home Directory in a Network Environment
If you are working in a network environment, your home directory may be
mapped to a directory in the file system other than /home.
/lib
Contains essential shared libraries needed to boot the system and to run the com-
mands in the root file system. The Windows equivalent for shared libraries are
DLL files.
/media
Contains mount points for removable media, such as CD-ROMs, USB sticks and
digital cameras (if they use USB). /media generally holds any type of drive except
the hard drive of your system. As soon as your removable medium has been inserted
or connected to the system and has been mounted, you can access it from here.
/mnt
This directory provides a mount point for a temporarily mounted file system. root
may mount file systems here.
/opt
Reserved for the installation of additional software. Optional software and larger
add-on program packages can be found here. KDE3 is located here, whereas KDE4
and GNOME have moved to /usr now.
/root
Home directory for the root user. Personal data of root is located here.
/sbin
As the s indicates, this directory holds utilities for the superuser. /sbin contains
binaries essential for booting, restoring and recovering the system in addition to
the binaries in /bin.
/srv
Holds data for services provided by the system, such as FTP and HTTP.
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